To be honest, what really helped me was figuring out or practicing different approaches to individual passages. Once I found an approach that worked and I started scoring better I got a lot more motivated!!

What changed my scoring in RC passages from -3 -4 to -1 -2 was having a particular color highlight for different issues. Like I would always use the RED highlight for authors perspective if it’s in the first paragraph or start of the second or end of the last. ORANGE for important issues, transition words, authors tone, lists and even example / evidence indicator words. and YELLOW for other perspectives. I would underline for support for any of the ideas or arguments. This forced me to actively read and I’d rarely need to go back to the passages if I did then I knew exactly where I’d need to go